stroke

stroke
n
1. blow, hit, slam, buffet, cut, uppercut; jab, punch, belt, chop, crack, clip, sock, smack, whack, Sl. paste, Sl. kerpow, thwack, Inf. wallop, swat, Inf. lick; rap, tap, slap, cuff, knock, pounding.
2.(of a belt) striking, peal, ringing, tolling, toll; knell, reverberation, dong, ding-dong, clank, clang, clash, crash, bong, gong, boom; tintinnabulation, tinkle, jingle.
3.(of the heart) throb, thump, pulsation, palpitation, beat, pumping, vibration, rhythm, murmur.
4. attack, seizure, paroxysm, spasm, fit, collapse; apoplexy, paralysis; embolism, thrombosis, cerebral vascular accident, CVA, aneurysm; sunstroke, Pathol. ictus, insolation, siriasis, thermic fever, heatstroke, heat prostration.
5.(of a pen, brush, etc.) line, mark, marking; dash, serif; quick movement, lining, underlining, scratch, writing.
6. touch, style, hand, guiding hand, mastery; inspiration, work.
7. piece, bit, particle, iota, slice, part, portion; act, measure, degree.
8. feat, accomplishment, attainment, achievement; doing, action, performance, stunt, move.
9. happening, occurrence, occasion, event, happenstance, chance.
v
10. rub, caress, pat, Yiddish. glet, massage, palpate, touch, finger, pet, gentle; soothe, placate, mollify, appease, calm.

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  • Stroke — Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See {Strike}, v. t.] 1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. [1913 Webster] His hand fetcheth …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stroke — ► NOUN 1) an act of hitting. 2) Golf an act of hitting the ball with a club, as a unit of scoring. 3) a sound made by a striking clock. 4) an act of stroking with the hand. 5) a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across paper… …   English terms dictionary

  • stroke — [strōk] n. [ME, akin to Ger streich, a stroke, OE strican: see STRIKE] 1. a striking of one thing against another; blow or impact of an ax, whip, etc. 2. a) a sudden action resulting in a powerful or destructive effect, as if from a blow [a… …   English World dictionary

  • Stroke — Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr. str[=i]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf. {Straggle}.] 1. To strike. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ye mote with the plat… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stroke — s.n. (Canotaj) Numărul de lovituri de vâslă pe minut; ritmul canotorului. [pron. strouc, scris şi stroc, pl. kuri. / < engl. stroke]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  STROKE STROC/ s. n. (canotaj) numărul de lovituri de vâslă pe …   Dicționar Român

  • stroke — [n1] accomplishment achievement, blow*, feat, flourish, hit*, move, movement; concept 706 Ant. failure, loss stroke [n2] seizure apoplexy, attack, collapse, convulsion, fit, shock; concepts 33,308 stroke [v] …   New thesaurus

  • Stroke — Stroke, obs. imp. of {Strike}. Struck. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stroke 9 — est un groupe de rock alternatif créé en 1989 à San Francisco. Sommaire 1 Histoire du groupe 2 Membres 3 Discographie 4 Charts …   Wikipédia en Français

  • stroke — index calamity, expedient, maneuver (tactic), operation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Stroke — For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). Stroke Classification and external resources CT scan slice of the brain showing a right hemispheric ischemic stroke (left side of image). ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

  • stroke — stroke1 S3 [strəuk US strouk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(illness)¦ 2¦(swimming/rowing)¦ 3¦(sport)¦ 4¦(pen/brush)¦ 5 at a/one stroke 6 on the stroke of seven/nine etc 7 stroke of luck/fortune 8 stroke of genius/inspiration etc 9¦(hit) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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